SFcontario was this year’s host of CanVention, the annual national Canadian sci-fi convention. That means its where Canada’s national award for works of the fantastic–the Prix Aurora Awards–are handed out, and it was a lot of fun to finally get to attend one of these award ceremonies.

Congratulations to all the winners! Special mention should be made of Derwin Mak and Eric Choi, who won for their editing of The Dragon and the Stars, from DAW Books. Derwin and Eric were founding (now emeritus) members of The Stop-Watch Gang and we’re all thrilled for them!

And a special congratulations should be given to Suzanne Church, a fellow member of the Stop-Watch Gang, who came within 5 votes of winning herself an Aurora Award. Great work, Suzanne!

Best English Poem / SongThe ABCs of the End of the World by Carolyn Clink, A Verdant Green, The Battered Silicon Dispatch BoxLet the Night In by Sandra Kasturi, Evolve: Vampire Stories of the New Undead, EDGEOf the Corn: Kore’s Innocence by Colleen Anderson, Witches & Pagans #21The Transformed Man by Robert J. Sawyer, Tesseracts Fourteen, EDGEWaiting for the Harrowing by Helen Marshall, ChiZine 45